Casino in Buriram on Highway 218

[Pichai]

With impending opening of Tops Supermarket at the Robinson Lifestyle Center in Buriram the expats and Thai citizens of Buriram Province now have a new option for imported food. Big C has done a remodel this past week to now offer Casino Brand imported food stuffs parallel to the Fresh Produce Section and cooking oil isle.  There is also now a Mini Big C convenience store open at a service station on Highway 219 as you enter Buriram about two kl from the iMobile Stadium.

[nookiebear]

Big  C has been stocking Casino brand foods especially French Cheeses for the last 4 years....They are cheaper in Big C than in Tops

[toffo]

Big C is about to lose a lot of farang customers and it serves them right for being lazy and not making an effort in providing more imported foods for foreigners.. I see so many foreigners in Bic C and in the Buriram area and they still don't provide for us..  All I can say is Hello Tops and Bye Bye Big C.. You should inform the manager about the Hundreds of foreigners who live here pichai  and the poor selection they give us..

[Starman]

Big C will not lose out. Tops is too expensive and most expats that I know are going to give it a miss. Have been in Tops Surin and didn't see a westerner.

[toffo]

Expensive for you but not for others who can afford it..

[iammike]

Tops is for me the place where I can find things that no other place in Buriram or Surin has.

Tops has IMO more "Farang" stuff then Big C or even Makro (with Makro Buriram scoring way better then Makro Surin).

For me (as an ex Pattaya resident which are food wise a bit spoiled with Foodland and Friendship and others) I am really happy with Tops and suspect when Tops in the new Robinson I opens will be an even more frequent customer.

[Starman]

Big C will not lose out. Tops is too expensive and most expats that I know are going to give it a miss. Have been in Tops Surin and didn't see a westerner.

Expensive for you but not for others who can afford it..

So you didn't bother to read my post?

Another point to note is that different branches of Tops stock different things. Just like a Makro in Pattaya is so different to than in Buriram so Tops will be too. As I mentioned, Tops in Surin is not a popular place for  expats. Why?

[iammike]

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As I mentioned, Tops in Surin is not a popular place for  expats. Why?

For me there are 2 reasons

1- all the roadworks around that area
2- out of the way location

For me I have to have a need (For example visit PowerBuy) to go to Robinson Surin, but when I go I seldom leave Tops without spending a couple of Thousand THB, but when it opens in Buriram I will be for sure a more frequent visitor as I pass it when going to Big C or RuangsangThai

[Nobby]

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As I mentioned, Tops in Surin is not a popular place for  expats. Why?

For me there are 2 reasons

1- all the roadworks around that area
2- out of the way location

For me I have to have a need (For example visit PowerBuy) to go to Robinson Surin, but when I go I seldom leave Tops without spending a couple of Thousand THB, but when it opens in Buriram I will be for sure a more frequent visitor as I pass it when going to Big C or RuangsangThai

Hit the nail on the head with your reason No.1. The roads around there are atrocious and I cannot see it improving anytime soon.
Was in Tops today in Ubon, Central World and it was packed with 'westerners' spending shedloads. I do acknowledge that this is a much bigger store with a huge range of farang items.

[will.r]

I dont know, But every time I go to Tops in Surin its empty, so when I buy stuff like Aussie beef, they always say promotion, and I get it for half price, I just go there to buy Dill pickles, because apart from Korat I have not found it anywhere else, so yea come on Robinsons hurry and open.

[NongKi bloke]

I thought from the original post there was a casino in Buriram on highway 218, somewhere you can play roulette or Texas hold 'em.

[davureborn]

Anybody have an inkling of when Robinsons will open? They seem to be into the last stages but I don't see any opening day(s) publicity. I presume that this will be another of those places, like Global House, where I just go once out of curiosity and after that maybe once a year.

[Adam]

I live 1 hour from Buriram and 1 hour from Surin, I do like Tops in Surin, but I only buy things there that I cannot find in Big C or Makro. Every time I go there I probably spend 2-3000 baht. It is expensive, but also better quality. Not the place to do the weekly shop mind.

[toffo]

Supposed to be opening on the 1st of August that's what it said on the Facebook page months ago..

[Nobby]

Supposed to be opening on the 1st of August that's what it said on the Facebook page months ago..

Sounds a bit of a gamble to me!